10 California Officers Face Corruption Charges in F.B.I. Inquiry

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47% :Representative Mark DeSaulnier, whose district includes Antioch and Pittsburg and who has called for the Justice Department to investigate the Antioch Police Department, described the actions of the officers in one word in an interview on Thursday night: "Shocking."Robert Tripp, the special agent in charge of the F.B.I. field office in San Francisco, said at the news conference that none of the officers arrested on Thursday "were actively engaged in law enforcement, although three were current employees of local departments who had been placed on administrative leave."
37% : He said in a statement that for those who had accused him of being anti-police for seeking to reform the Antioch Police Department, "today's arrests are demonstrative of the issues that have plagued the Antioch Police Department for decades."Michael Gennaco, a law enforcement reform and accountability expert, said on Friday that the announcement on Thursday "confirms the worst fears that people have" about policing.

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